Weekly Task 8: Light Drawing.

   I spent a lot of time experimenting with light drawing, and the majority of it did not turn out very successfully. I wanted to play around at first, and my I soon realized my ideas were way too grand for the scope of the task and my talents.

My first attempt. Godzilla? Not quite.

Stars? Easier to draw? No.

   I soon admitted defeat and went back home to ask for help from my flatmates. I thought it would be much easier with models. We changed venues and I started over.

 

A cat! It worked!

I think this photo worked really well.

 

The most successful, in my opinion.

 

Of course. The most cliche. I had to do it.

 

Problems I had include:

• It was too bright out! I had a hard time finding somewhere dark enough for such a long exposure.
• I have no artistic talents. Drawing is hard.
• The scale and placement of the light drawing is hard, especially when you're not standing near the object you're trying to draw on.
• My models were fidgetty therefore blurry.
• I was alone for a while when I was experimenting. It was tricky to do everything by myself - take the photo, run around and draw, see how the photo turned out, figure out what changes to make, etc...
• I kept showing up in the photo while I was drawing! I tried to move fast enough that I wouldn't be exposed, but it wasn't always possible.
• A lot of the photos came out blurry, and I don't know if this is just because my models moved or because I didn't focus correctly, or what.
• I had a hard time thinking of a good idea that wasn't way out of my range.